Electrical Equipment Control

Using PC
P.V. Vinod Kumar

H
ere is a novel idea
for using the printer
port of a PC, for con-
trol application using soft-
ware and some interface
hardware. The interface cir-
cuit along with the given
software can be used with
the printer port of any PC for
controlling up to eight equip-
ment. for only one device, being controlled by
The interface circuit D0 bit at pin 2 of the 25-pin parallel port.
shown in the figure is drawn Identical circuits for the remaining data

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